Flickr and Flickr Mashups would be great tools to use in the classroom! Flickr is an excellent source for visual aids of all kinds, and a mashup such as Spell With Flickr could be used in creating fun & innovative classroom decor (see above). The use of these sites should not, in my opinion, be extended to posting photographs of students online. Doing so would present multiple opportunities for a child to become endangered, and as educators, we cannot put ourselves in a position to be held liable for such endangerment, or (more importantly) allow our students to be put in harm's way. However, posting of personal photos outside of one's profession should be done with one's own discretion.
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